French to English Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Anglais)

Catharize

To purge, cleanse, or purify, particularly in a spiritual, psychological, or ritualistic sense.

Cause célèbre

A controversial issue, trial, or incident that becomes the subject of widespread public attention, debate, and dispute.

Cenozoic

Relating to the current geological era, which began about 66 million years ago and is characterized by the dominance of mammals, birds, and flowering plants.

Cerebration

The action or process of thinking; thought or mental activity.

Cerebrovascular

Relating to the blood vessels supplying the brain.

Cernuous

Describing a plant or flower that is bent or drooping.

Ceromancy

A form of divination involving the interpretation of patterns formed by melted wax.

Charlatan

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud, impostor, or quack.

Charter-colony

A colony established and governed under a charter granted by the monarch or parliament, granting the inhabitants considerable self-governing privileges.

Chelonian

A reptile of the order Testudines, comprising the turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

Chemotaxis

The movement of a motile cell or organism in a direction corresponding to a gradient of increasing or decreasing concentration of a particular chemical substance.

Chiliasm

The belief that Christ will establish a kingdom on earth for a thousand years before the Last Judgment, synonymous with millenarianism.